Paradigm (Solid) — © the artist. Image credit: Hiscox Collection

Conrad Shawcross (b.1977)

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Conceptual artist, born in London, son of the writer Marina Warner, for whom the fine finish of his creations was important. He did a foundation course at Chelsea School of Art, 1996; graduated with fine art, honours, from the Ruskin School in Oxford, 1999; and gained his master’s from the Slade School of Fine Art, 2001. He won a Ray Finnis Charitable Trust Award, 2001, and a First Base Acava Free Studio Award, 2001–2. Shawcross’s inquiring mind prompted him to create objects that explored and clarified ideas about the world and universe. Group exhibitions included Fame and Promise, 14 Wharf Road, 2002; Dead Game, Museum 52, 2003; and After Life, Death, Remembrance. Redundancy. Reanimation, Bowes Museum, County Durham, and New Blood, The Saatchi Gallery, both 2004.

Conrad Shawcross: Maths, Alchemy, Art

Conrad Shawcross is critically acclaimed for his sculptural practice which probes the intersections of art, science, maths and philosophy. In his early career, he became renowned for his vast mechanical works, often made in homage to great scientists but in recent years, he has ‘matured’ into the making of static works. Could stasis offer greater possibility for reflection and engagement than movement?

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